Iowa audit finds dozens of public bidding improprieties

The Iowa Department of Education had dozens of public bidding improprieties and ignored a law that requires reports about efforts to prevent discriminatory employment practices, a state audit released Monday shows.

The audit for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2015, tested a sample of 52 contracts overseen by the department. Of those, 34 began service prior to formal approval while three did not include monitoring and review clauses that are required under state laws or rules.

And of 12 contracts that had been amended, six had not been properly authorized, the audit found.

The same audit additionally found the department has ignored a law to collect reports from each public school district, area education agency and community college to document equal employment opportunity programs and accomplishments. A compilation of the efforts is, by law, to be submitted to the Iowa Department of Management each year.

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